Community Nurse

EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Shefford; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare provider in Shefford is seeking a motivated Band 5 Community Nurse to join their Mid Bedfordshire Primary Home Care Team. The role focuses on high-quality nursing for patients with complex needs, facilitating self-care, and promoting health. Ideal candidates include those with experience in community nursing or newly qualified nurses eager to begin their careers. This role offers varied daily challenges and significant opportunities for professional growth in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in adult community services is desirable.
• Willingness to learn and contribute is more important.
• Newly qualified nurses are welcome to apply.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality nursing to patients in their homes.
• Facilitate self-care and health promotion for patients.
• Work closely with the multidisciplinary team to deliver care.

Skills

Patient care

Problem-solving

Team collaboration

Education

Nursing qualification

Job description

We are seeking a motivated, dynamic, and passionate Band 5 Community Nurse to work within our Mid Bedfordshire Primary Home Care Team, the team deliver responsive high quality nursing to patients living in Shefford and surrounding villages within Mid Beds. We are passionate about patient centred care, support our nurses to lead and deliver excellent and compassionate nursing and value our clinical teams as the real heart of the NHS. You will work closely with other members of the MDT to deliver care to patients with complex needs.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills within the community nursing setting. You will have the opportunity to be involved in facilitating self-care for patients with long-term conditions, health promotion and innovative activities and projects that enhance patient service delivery and staff wellbeing. You will also have the opportunity to be involved in Urgent Response and Virtual Wards, which is a focus of our teams. If you want a career which brings a new challenge every day, gives you the opportunity to test your ability to think quickly, solve problems, assess and treat patients within the place they call home, then Community Nursing could be the team for you.

Experience in the field of adult community services is desirable but a willingness to learn and contribute is more important. Newly qualified nurses who are passionate about a career in the community are welcome to apply.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.